The Nuclear Resister
April, 2012
IN THIS E-BULLETIN:
1) DRONE ACTIONS AT HANCOCK AIR BASE, WHITEMAN AIR FORCE BASE AND CAMP WILLIAMS/VOLK FIELD
2) HUNDREDS ARRESTED AS EUROPEANS ACT AGAINST NATO
3) GOOD FRIDAY ARRESTS AT 6 U.S. NUCLEAR WEAPONS RELATED SITES
4) ACTION AT SITE OF NEW KANSAS CITY PLANT SAYS NO TO NEW NUCLEAR WEAPONS PRODUCTION
5) THIRTEEN ARRESTED ON CAPITOL HILL TO CLOSE THE U.S. ARMY’S SCHOOL OF THE AMERICAS
6) THE STRUGGLE TO STOP THE JEJU NAVAL BASE CONTINUES letters and other support needed
7) EARTH DAY ACTION AT VERMONT YANKEE NUCLEAR POWER PLANT
8) TRIAL DATE FOR BRADLEY MANNING support needed
9) WRITE A NOTE OF SUPPORT TO ANTI-NUCLEAR & ANTI-WAR PRISONERS
10) UPCOMING NONVIOLENT DIRECT ACTIONS
Drone Actions at Hancock Air Base, Whiteman Air Force Base and Camp Williams/Volk Field
Hancock Air Base
Thirty-three members of the Upstate Coalition to Ground the Drones were preemptively arrested by the Onondaga County, New York Sheriff’s Department two blocks from the entrance to Hancock Air Base. The arrests preempted political free speech as the anti-drone activists proceeded silently and in single file on the shoulder of a public road towards the air base entrance.
Read more here.
Whiteman Air Force Base
About 35 people opposed drone operations on April 15 at Whiteman Air Force Base in Knob Noster, Missouri. The demonstrators released black balloons commemorating 175 children killed by drones, and flew kites for peace on earth and peace in the sky. Mark Kenney, Brian Terrell and Ron Faust were arrested after crossing the line.
Read more here.
Camp Williams/Volk Field
Seven activists were arrested for calling for an end to drone warfare at Camp Williams/Volk Field in Wisconsin on April 24. They are joining together with activists in New York, Nevada, California, Missouri, Illinois, and Maryland who are risking arrest in actions as they raise their voices to draw attention to the travesty and illegality of drone warfare.
Read more here.
Hundreds arrested as Europeans act against NATO
Around 2:00 a.m. on April 1, 800 peace activists from more than ten European countries gathered near NATO headquarters in Evere, Brussels. Five hundred people tried nonviolently to enter the NATO compound. About 20 activists succeeded to enter the military site; 483 people were arrested. At the main entrance of the NATO headquarters, 300 supporters cheered the intervention teams.
Read more here.
Good Friday arrests at 6 U.S. nuclear-related sites
Thirty-four demonstrators were arrested peacefully Friday morning, April 6 during an annual nuclear weapons protest at the Lawrence Livermore Laboratory.
Read more here about Good Friday actions at Livermore Labs, the Nevada Test Site, Lockheed Martin in Sunnyvale, California and King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, Groton Naval Sub Base, the Pentagon and Marquette University.
Action at site of new Kansas City Plant says no to new nuclear weapons production
About 35 protesters gathered on April 14 at the entry to the new Kansas City Plant facility under construction. Four of the group were arrested after crossing the line between public and private property. The community of supporters walked side-by-side with the resisters across the line, gradually stepping back after receiving a warning.
Read more here.
Thirteen arrested on Capitol Hill to close the U.S. Army’s School of the Americas
On April 16, human rights activists took to the streets around Capitol Hill in a spirited parade, culminating a week of trainings, workshops, music and lobbying to close the School of the Americas. Police on foot, bicycle, motorcycle and in vehicles prohibited free passage of the march, limiting SOA Watch activists abilities to be heard and seen by Congressional staff.
Thirteen were arrested as they tried to lead the march down Independence Avenue in front of the Congressional buildings, but were impeded by dozens of police who blockaded their passage and expression of free speech.
Read more here.
The struggle to stop the Jeju naval base continues
letters and other support needed, click here for more info
Towards a New Stage of Struggle: A Call from History
Revoke the Jeju naval base project!
Stop the deceptive propaganda about a civilian-military dual-use port!
Stop the blasts and destruction!
Stop the human rights violations!
Stop pro-nuclear MD policy!
Resistance to the naval base continues in the face of continued repression, arrests and injuries.
Earth Day action at Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant
Costumed in hazmat suits and toting Geiger counter props, eight members of the Shut It Down Affinity Group with three supporters leafleted with a Can Fukushima Happen Here? brochure in downtown Brattleboro on Tuesday, April 24. They then appeared in nearby Vernon to block the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant gate by chaining themselves to it and stretching crime scene tape across the driveway.
Read more here.
Trial date for Bradley Manning
support needed, click here
April 30, 2012 – Bradley Manning Support Network: Supporters took action around the world as Bradley Manning’s most recent Article 39 motion hearing came to a close, bringing him one step closer to court martial. During the three-day hearing the defense filed motions to remove the charge of ‘aiding the enemy,’ and to combine a number of the charges filed against Bradley Manning, blaming the prosecution for having listed a single offense multiple times in order to unreasonably multiply the sentence. The prosecution also filed a motion to gag any attempt by the defense to mention the lack of harm caused by the documents.
Read more here.
Write a note of support to anti-nuclear & anti-war prisoners
They’re in there for us; we’re out here for them!
You can find a regularly updated list of imprisoned military refusers, anti-nuclear and anti-war activists on the Nuclear Resister blog, as well as prisoners’ writings.
Susan Crane finished her prison sentence for the Disarm Now Plowshare action, and was released on April 25.
Upcoming nonviolent direct actions (click here).
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